Seattle’s current zoning allows the clubs in all but the city’s smallest business districts. They’re permitted everywhere from Fremont to Alki, Madison Valley to Rainier Valley. Steinbrueck wouldn’t change that. He also would retain rules from the 1980s that prohibit the clubs in parts of Sodo industrial area.

Steinbrueck’s proposal would forbid the clubs within 800 feet of schools, day cares, community centers and parks. They would also be prohibited within 600 feet of each other or other adult businesses – as a way of preventing a cluster of such businesses.